Thakur

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• Thakur (ঠাকুর) Bengali surname
• Thakur (ठाकुर) Hindi surname
• Thakur Muslim surname
• Thakur (Tribe) one of the scheduled tribes of India.

Thakur may refer to:

• Hindu Gods: In Bengali, deities are refer to as Thakur.
• Bengali Brahmins: Also refer to as Thakur.
• Brahmins: In Bengal, Brahmins are also refer to as Thakur.
• Titles in India, Thakur, as title, has respective meaning in different states in India.
• Indian family names: (Fem. Rhakurani or Thakurain)
• Noble titles: Anglicized form of Thakur is Tagore, meaning "lord".
  • Tagore family: Tagore (the anglicised form of the Bengali title Thakur) is the name of a prominent Bengali family of intellectuals, writers and artists, generally known as the Tagore family.

People - Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family

• • Dwarkanath Tagore (1794 – 1846) – businessman and aristocrat, called Prince by the foreigners for his lavish life style.
  • Ramanath Tagore (1801 – 1877) – prominent social figure associated with British Indian Association and Hindu Mela.
  • Debendranath Tagore (1817 – 1905) – Brahmoism founder.
  • Dwijendranath Tagore (1840 – 1926) – poet, philosopher, writer, musician, pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations
  • Ganendranath Tagore (1841 – 1869) – theatre personality, musician, founder of Jorasanko Natyashala and Hindu Mela.
  • Satyendranath Tagore (1842 – 1923) – musician, reformer, and the first Indian to join the ICS in 1863.
  • Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849 – 1925) – theatre personality, musician
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) – poet, philosopher, playwright, author, musician, artist, reformer, educationist and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913.

[edit] See also

• Thakar
• Thakhor
• Thakkar
• Thakore
• Thakrar

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